Linux is the kernel.
Linux kernel was created in 1991.
The Linux kernel sources can be downloaded from the official Linux Kernel Archives, found at the link below.
No, it is unix-based but Linux is a kernel not an operating system.Ubuntu,Linux Mint,Debian,and puppy Linux,ect. are OS's that use the Linux kernel.
Preemptive (both Windows and Linux).
It uses pre-emptive scheduling. It has what is called a pre-emptive multi-tasking kernel.
No. "Kernel programming" is the writing of code that runs in kernel mode. It is not specific to Linux. "Linux programming" usually refers to any programming done in/for the Linux environment, and is not necessarily specific to the kernel.
Linux is the kernel. As of 8-10-12 the latest stable Linux kernel is 3.5.1.
The 2.4 version of the Linux kernel was released in 2001.
Linux Kernel Developers Summit was created in 2001.
All versions of the Linux kernel are "full featured." The latest stable version of the Linux kernel as of May 17, 2011 is 2.6.38.6.
Linux is just the kernel. If you combine utilities that were made as a result of the GNU project with the linux kernel, you get GNU Linux, which is considered as a complete operating system